March 14, 1907. 



The Weekly Florists' Review^ 



J239 



NO NATIONAL FLOWER SHOW. 



There will be no national flower show 

 at Chicago in November, 1908. The ex- 

 ecutive board of the Society of American 

 Florists in session at Philadelphia March 

 11 and 12 came to the conclusion that 

 the year of the national election would 

 not be a propitious time to try to arouse 

 national interest in flowers and voted 

 down the project in spite of the $7,000 

 guarantee fund which had been raised. 



Those present at the Hotel Walton, in 

 addition to the Philadelphians, were: 

 President W. J. Stewart, Boston; Secre- 

 tary P. J. Hauswirth, Chicago ;rthe fol- 

 lowing directors, W. H. Elliott, Brighton, 

 Mass.; Sam Murray, Kansas City; Theo. 

 Wirth, Minneapolis; F. H. Traendly, 



New York; J. K. M. L. Farquhar, Bos- 

 ton; ex-president W. F. Kasting, Buf- 

 falo; Patrick Welsh, Boston; G. X. 

 Amhryn, New Haven, Conn.; Felix 

 Mense, Glen Cove, N. Y. 



Instead of a November show a spring 

 exhibition was taken under considera- 

 tion. 



Sentiment was shown to be strongly 

 in favor of continuing the summer meet- 

 ings of the S. A. F. as in previous years. 



Horticultural hall was selected for the 

 trade exhibition at the convention at 

 Philadelphia next August and the ftroad 

 street theater for the meetings of the 

 society. David Rust was seldctcSd to be 

 superintendent of the trade exhibition. 

 A program was partially prepared. 



THE AMERICAN 



ROSE SOCIETY 





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THE WASHINGTON MEETING. 



The annual convention and exhibition 

 of the American Eose Society is on this 

 week in connection with the spring show 

 of the Florists' Club of Washington, D. 

 C. The exhibition is held in Washington 

 Light Infantry hall and is one of the 

 best ever staged by the society. Much 

 active work has been done during the 

 year, with the result that the premium 

 list contained more special offers of valu- 

 able trophies than ever in the history of 

 the society's many successful exhibi- 

 tions. The quality of the exhibits is of 

 the usual high character, and the rose ex- 

 hibits are supplemented by the spring 

 plants shown for the premiums offered 

 by the local Florists' Club. Altogether 

 it makes an exhibition of which those 

 responsible for its being have reason to 

 be proud. 



The judges of the exhibition were: P. 

 J. Hauswirth, Chicago; W. F. Kasting, 

 Buffalo, and Eobert Craig, Philadelphia. 

 The plan was to have their work com- 

 pleted at the time the show was opened 

 to the public at 6 p. m. on Wednesday, 

 March 13. 



The first of the business sessions was 

 called to order Wednesday evening with 

 a large attendance of members, includ- 

 ing both those in the trade and many 

 private gardeners. President Eobert 

 Simpson delivered his address, which 

 will be found in full in this issue. Sec- 

 retary Hammond reported on the suc- 

 cessful year's work. The treasurer's 

 report also was presented. The first of 

 the papers to be read was that of E. G. 

 Hill. The titles of the papers and the 

 essayists are as follows: 



"The Hybridization of Eoses, the 

 Ideals Before the Worker, and the Means 

 Used to Work Up to Those Ideals," by 

 E. Gurney Hill, Eichmond, Ind. ; "Ever- 

 Blooming Eoses for the Garden: What 

 to Grow and How to Grow Them," by 

 Theodore Wirth, superintendent of parks, 

 Minneapolis, Minn.; "Climbing and 

 Trailing Eoses in the Hardy Eose Gar- 

 den," by M. H. Walsh, Woods Hole, 

 Mass. 



The invitation to Chicago for 1908 is 

 almost certain to be accepted. 



Trcastirer's Report. 



The report of Treasurer Harry O. May 

 showed cash receipts in the year as 

 $1,235.91; disbursements, $911; balance 

 on hand, $324.91. 



Officers Elected. 



Officers were elected as follows: 



President — Eobert Simpson,- Clifton, 

 N. J. .\ . 



Vice-President — Fred Br^ifjHieyer, 

 Mt. Clemens, Mich. ^** ' 



Secretary — Benj. Hammond, Fishkill, 

 N..Y.. 



Treasurer — Harry O. May, Summit, 

 N. J. 



The Awards. 



Special for 100 Eichmond, W. H. El- 

 liott, Brighton, Mass., first. 



Twenty-five Bride, Stephen Morten- 

 sen, Philadelphia, first. 



Twenty-five Maid, L. B. Coddington, 

 Murray Hill, N. J., first; Campbell, sec- 

 ond. 



Twenty-five Golden Gate, John N. 

 May, Summit, N. J., first; F. H. Kram- 

 er, Washington, second. 



Twenty-five Mrs. Oliver Ames, John 

 N. May, first. 



Twenty-five Chatenay, Eobert Simp- 

 son, Clifton, N. J., first. 



Twenty-five Ivory, F. H. Kramer, 

 first. 



Twenty -five Liberty, Edward Towill, 

 Eoslyn, Pa., first. 



Twenty-five Killarney, W. H. Elliott, 

 first. 



Twenty-five Uncle John, Eobert 

 Simpson, first; John N. May, second. 



Twenty-five Eichmond, Stephen Mor- 

 tensen, first; Campbell, second. 



Twenty-five any other color, Edward 

 Towill, first. 



Twelve Bridesmaid, F. H. Kramer, 

 first. 



Twelve Ivory, F. H. Kramer, first. 



Twelve Liberty, Edward Towill, first. 



Twelve Eichmond, F. H. Kramer, 

 first. 



Twelve Golden Gate, F. H. Ki*amer, 

 first. • 



Fifty Eichmond, Edward Towill, 

 first, the Micnjell silver cup. 



Fifty Be^jities, George Burton, Phila- 

 delphia, special premium. 



Twenty-five Ivory, F. H. Kramer, 

 special premium. , 



Fifty Wellesley, W. H. Elliott, first. 



New rose, W. S. Clark, first on un- 

 named variety. 



Fifty Eichmond, Eobert Simpson, 

 first, the E. G. Hill special premium. 



The awards of the Washington Flo- 

 rists' Club premiums were as follows: 



Three pans of hyacinths, F.. H. 

 Kramer, first. 



One pan hyacinths, F. H. Kramer, 

 first and second. 



Six pots valley, S. C. Briggs, first. 



Best fern from dwelling, Nettie 

 Briggs, first. 



Elybrid geranium, S. C. Briggs, first. 



One hundred carnation blooms, H. 

 Weber & Sons Co., Oakland, Md., first. 



Twenty-five dark pink carnations, P. 



A. B. Weidner, first; Weber & Sons 

 Co., second. 



Twenty-five crimson carnations, P. A. 



B. Weidner, first; Weber & Sons Co., 

 second. 



Twenty-five light pink carnations, 

 Weber & Sons Co., first; S. C. Briggs, 

 second. 



Twenty-five scarlet carnations, P. A. 

 B. Weidner, first; Guttman & Weber, 

 New York, second. 



Twenty-five white carnations, Weber 

 & Sons Co., first; P. A. B. Weidner, sec- 

 ond. 



Twenty- five variegated carnations, P. 

 A. B. Weidner, first; Weber & Sons Co., 

 second. 



Best seedling carnation, Weber & 

 Sons Co., first; Manda, second and 

 third. 



Pansies, S. C. Briggs, first. 



Double violets, Theo. Deitrich, first. 



Princess of Wales violets, David Bis- 

 set, first and second. 



Any other single violet, Theo. Deit- 

 rich, first; F. G, Mense, second. 



Orchids, Lager & Hurrell, first. 



PRESIDENT SIMPSON'S ADDRESS. 



[Delivered before the annual convention of 

 the American Rose Society, Washington, D. C, 

 March 13, 1907.] 



We meet today in the capital city of 

 our country as guests of the Washing- 

 ton Florists' Club. Many of us are 

 growers, and I am sure that all of us 

 are lovers of the rose. Some of you have 

 come to Washington to place on exhibi- 

 tion your beautiful flowers, some of you 

 have come chiefly it may be to admire 

 the wonderful productions of others, but 

 a goodly number of you, I trust, are here 

 to discuss with us problems in rose grow- 

 ing and problems that confront our rose 

 society. In any event I am sure that 

 no one will say that mercenary motives 

 have drawn you, some from the east, 

 some from the west, some from the south, 

 and others from the north, at consider- 

 able expense of time and money at this 

 busy season of the year to attend this 

 meeting; it is to gratify your love for 

 the beautiful in nature, and to signify 

 your willingness to do your part towards 

 making this earth more beautiful and 

 attractive that you are here today. 



I trust that our meeting may be help- 

 ful and encouraging to every grower of 

 the rose, that we all as a result may have 

 higher ideals, and go home more than 

 ever in love with our business and call- 

 ing and that this shall prove to be an 

 epoch-making meeting of the rose society. 



Preparations for the Meeting;. 



At the 1906 meeting in Boston, the 

 matter of selecting the place in which 



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